I took photos and captured the audio of speakers at last Friday’s press conference at Coldwater Spring. See these two articles in the Strib for more info:
- Strib, Sept. 5: Occupation of park site expected to end today
- Strib, Sept. 6: Dakota leave Coldwater Spring site after four days
See the album of 13 photos or this slideshow (audio below):
[...] Here’s an audio and photo album of speakers at the Dakota encampment of Coldwater Spring, a sacred origin place for the native Dakota, currently an abandoned mine. They camped there for four days during the RNC to push forward their demands that the spring be rehabilitated and returned to their care. It’s a good claim, and it’s hard to see why it would be denied. The land currently just costs the state money, and they’ve extracted all the stuff they want from it anyway. But nope – the cynical bastards running the show surrounded the camp for four full days with riot cops and police officers. Man. Thanks to Griff Wigley at Native American Minnesota [...]